Dynamics of NDVI and its influencing factors in the Chinese Loess Plateau during 2002–2018 by Peng He, Lishuai Xu, Zhengchun Liu, Yaodong Jing, Wenbo Zhu

“…The areas showing increased NDVI were mainly distributed in the southeastern CLP and the irrigation districts of the Yellow River to the north and west of the CLP, while the areas showing decreased NDVI were concentrated in the desert of the western Ordos Plateau, Longzhong Loess Plateau, and the built-up and adjacent areas. …”
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Imaging of crust and mantle structures with teleseismic reflected waves by Yu, Chunquan, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Tree-Ring Stable Oxygen Isotope Ratio (δ¹⁸O) Records Precipitation Changes over the past Century in the Central Part of Eastern China by Changfeng Sun, Xuan Wu, Qiang Li, Yu Liu, Meng Ren, Qiufang Cai, Huiming Song, Yongyong Ma

“…However, the YMMs tree-ring δ¹⁸O was only correlated at low frequency with the tree-ring δ¹⁸O of the Ordos Plateau in northwestern China and that of Nagano and Shiga in central Japan, which are far from the YMMs. …”
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Identifying prioritized afforestation types in ecologically vulnerable zones of Northern China considering reducing water consumption and increasing carbon sequestration by Yanmin Teng, Jinyan Zhan, Meirong Su, Yiping Wu, Yuan Zhang, Chunxue Yu, Chao Xu

“…The results showed that potential afforestation regions are mainly distributed in the Loess Plateau, Western Liao River, Ordos Plateau, and Tarim Basin. Scenario 1 (aiming to minimize WC) is dominated by shrub afforestation and grassland restoration. …”
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Decades of Ground Deformation in the Weihe Graben, Shaanxi Province, China, in Response to Various Land Processes, Observed by Radar Interferometry and Levelling by Jianlong Chen, Yu Zhou, Gan Chen, Ming Hao

“…The Weihe Graben, located in the southern margin of the Ordos Plateau, is surrounded by many active faults. Earthquakes (e.g., the 1556 Huaxian M 8 earthquake), mine accidents and ground fissures are the major hazards that pose great threats to this densely populated region. …”
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Late-Quaternary paleoearthquakes along the Liulengshan Fault on the northern Shanxi Rift system by Wen Sun, Wen Sun, Wen Sun, Honglin He, Honglin He, Feng Shi, Feng Shi, Zhanyu Wei, Zhanyu Wei, Haoyue Sun, Haoyue Sun, Peng Su, Peng Su

“…The Liulengshan Fault (LLSF), which lies on the northeastern edge of the Ordos Plateau, is a controlling boundary fault in the northern part of the Shanxi Rift system (SRS). …”
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Characteristics of helium accumulation in the Guanzhong Basin, China by Min Dong, Zong-xiu Wang, Hui Dong, Li-cheng Ma, Lin-yan Zhang

“…ABSTRACT: Guanzhong Basin is located in the transitional zone between the Qinling orogenic belt and the Ordos plateau. Analyses of drill and geothermal wells depict that the Guanzhong Basin has abundant gas, and its major source rocks are the U-rich granites. …”
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